Knoks Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Knoks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Knoks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Knoks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Knoks (Russian: Кнокс) is held by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Knoks? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Knoks reside; 64 percent reside in Northern Europe and 32 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 256,256. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 75 percent reside, Latgale, where 13 percent reside and Semigallia, where 13 percent reside. Other than Latvia Knoks occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 24 percent reside and Russia, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Knoks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Knoks in the Russian language | ||
| Кнокс | knoks | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Knoks
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